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CHAPTER xI.-ooNrIsuEp'
"if there had been any thing oil n'ucn
value in it." Mr.. Forrest observeo'
Watching lau closely "the owner
wonia nave been hkely 10 nave auVer'
tised IN the city papers.
res. returned Iad, -"put then we
shouldn't be any the wiser Tor that'
down here IN biSport, Tor about the
only clty papers tnat come mere are tht
Con9regat'ona''S ana the NeD E"g'a"o
Farmer; -,
"by ueorgel sad Mr. FORREST WIN
gay laugh my curiosity Is consider
ably excited by that mysterious sacne,
Look mere, iad' nc coniihhea' win
an extrayagant display OF teetn' u II
one oil the qneerest fellows you eyel
saw, and LII tell you what lido. ~
gave you new clean ten-doilar piii ioi
the Dag without seeing h-unkno"l
contents ana aii what 90 you say,
"Couldn,t think OF ~ sri Iad 70
phed, quietly
tliteens "eiL ne contihued, gay
ly' as lad shook ms head resoiutely
what D'Hy you taker IwentyF twenty
hver
why II isn't mine TO seii. SIR, wa
the same grave reply, ana Dir. forres
muttered something under ms mus
tache IN reference TO IAN obstinate
young Tool" which Tad did not quit
catch.
Further conversation on the snpjec'
was prevented by the sudden appear
ance OF Polly Flagg, accompanied By
Joe whitney, on her way to school
Polly, who WAS special tayorite W.T.
Miss Smith had permission to pick al
the flowers she wanted. So' with
smile and nod to Tad, she began Gull
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Mason, Of Boston, had arrived the
night before, and taken the spare
room. They were very wealthy peo-
pie, who had boarded witt. Miss Smith
for three successive summers, ind
ing in the quiet Of this secluded
village an enjoyment that no crowded
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-01

Look over your supply Of job
printing and see II you are not short
of something, II so, bring your order
around and get job that you viii be
proud Of,
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brought to an abrupt close by a slngu-
lar noise, which--a seeming combina-
ton Of stifed scream, repressed gasp
and snothered laughter - proceeded
from Joe Whitney, who, with a very
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-01

watering-place could give them.
Tad had seen very little of them,
and only noticed that the lady was
rather stout and pleasant-faced, while
the gentleman was also stout and
rather Jolly. The name was curiously
familiar, though, and he racked his
brain in vain to think where he had
heard IT,
Tad always had his liberty on Sat
urday afternoon, and, borrowing MIR.
Kenneth's big, flatbottomed boat, he
had invited Joe Whitney, Polly Fagg
and the dog Bounce to 60 after lilies in
Bixport pond--a beautiful sheet OF
water, not far from Deacon Whitney's.
There's Mr.. Mason and his wife al
ready" said Polly, glancing ashore;
"they always put up some lunch and
start for the pond just as soon as they
| get fairly settled at Miss Smiths"
"And there are those two Boston
girls that are boarding at Widow Simp-
son s-with Mr.. ForrestH added Joe,
with slight chuckle, as he remem-
bered the bitten apple.
Come ashore and have some lunch,
voung folks.n called Mr.. Mason, who
vas great fayorite in Bixport, be-
cause az tbev. said. che nor his wife
put on city airs-if they scere worth
half million dollars"
So the boat was headed for the shore,
and os II touched the beach, Polly,
With both hands full of long-stemmed,
frooront treasures iumped ashore
.ollowed. more slowly. by Tad and Joe.
.Jobn. dear, ,ciu YOU look at those
lovelv l;i;esr, exclaimed Mrs. Mason;
and at the sound of her voice, it all
came hack To Tad-the Pullman car,
and The niobt Journey 20 Boston be.
mind Mrs John G. Mason's chair, shell
tered Inv Mrs John g. Mason,s cloak.
How fnnnv n was. 70 be surei
r'ho l;ttio ,,a,.tv Gathered round the
,uncb- b-basket nnder the shade of some
doI;ghtfullv tall mines. and began Ia
discnss \ rather substantial lunch. Al
little distance we're the Misses Baker,
two very nice Girls Of culture, from
wv 10y '.,S t1s I. Il
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perhaps unnecessary y ~" S Ia hnS R
younger M"re p,,s l,.sses' .,e s. Ia, .s.1
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reaaing, WINE her siS,er, WIN Miln "'.,s.,S ,as-.
tenaencies' was sel'cu unus' , 10 ~ y
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. sketcn OF DiAPyrs pona ,; ~ ons; ~ :,
Forrest VINO Iepresei'eu ,,' ,I's N. Yo,, " =
one OF tne i,rs' i''liines u 1Nsm olA
was most eiaDorlleiy uresseu !" ~ q ooo'
ana becoming poa1lng % sun oi cream, ssia,
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rom very saesn i.... ', ., s. s ~ at aaio, 49,
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was - s.IiA,s .,s as - uasI - % WIT
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-04-01
Adventures Of Tad;
ION THE
HAPS AND NISHApS OFALOST SACHEL.
A Story for Young and Old.
BY FRANK II. CONVERSE,
AUTHOR OF .PEPrEn ADAas," rBLowN our
TO SEA-" "PAuL GHAFroE," ETC.

IcopwigA,sd, 1850, BY D. LOthrop d Co.. and
PublisAed 6y Special Arrdnganenf.l
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
MisreIIaneon, Items.

John II. jameson, Of johnson County,
has been commissioned justice of the
peace.
Mr.. j. Il. Quinn, charged with embez.
cling post-oiii c money-order funds while
postmaster at Parayould, went befo e
Judge Caldwell at Little Rock few davs
ago, upon his own motion, to have the
case settled. 1t was shown that Mr.
Quinn was only guilty cf technical vio-
laton Of law. His punishment was fixed
at six months impris lnmelt and the
sentence suspended four months, during
which time he is admitted to bail in the
sum Of $500.
Little Rock's new Board of Trade build
ing in completed
4 Knight Of Pythias lodge has been in
stituied at Collins, Drew County.
II is now unlawful to hunt quail and
other game birds within the State.
A saw mil, said to be the largest in the
world, is in the course of erection in Desha
County.
Desha County has never had hanging,
condemned to die.
W Ii. Oycrton was exp elled recently
from Solgohashie wheel No. 448 for con
tempt and leaving the county in manner
unbecoming u Wheeler.
The Governor has ordered an election
for a justice Of the peace in Cold Water
township, Cross County, to I'LL the
vacancy occasioncd by the resignation of
A. s Robinson.
Andrew s Smith, of Clarksville died in
Little Rock few nights ago. Had he
lived he would have graduated at the
commencement OF the Arkansas Medical
College The remains were taken TO
Clarksyille for interment
Winter, we bid thee farewell
An American lion, measuring six feet
six inches, was killel a few days ago near
Bingen, Hampstead County, by Joseph
Nelson and two sons. IL was the largest
animal Of the feline species killed In the
State for years. This animal and its mate
lately killed hundreds OF sheep, pigs, etc.
Joseph Denton, wealthy and respected
citizen of Wadron, Scott County, was ac-
.idcntally shot and mortally wounded by
Iohn Hough, a school-teacher, few days
since, while the two were engaged in
shooting at a mark with pistol Denton
leaves wife and five children, Denton,
on his death bed, exonerated Hough from
any intent in the shooting.
All well regulated hens are getting
ready for their Easter offering.
Articles Of incorporation of the Houston
Central, Arkansas a. Northern railroad
have been aled in the Secretary of States
Office. The proposed railroad is to run
from Pine Bluff jefferson County, Ark,
to Monroe La, thence TO Alexandria, La,
and thence to Houston, Tex. The distance
is about four hundred and thirty miles.
Robert Robinson, "A tramp, who stated
that ho was "walNing to California was
struck bv an Iron Mountain train south Of
Little Rock a few days ago end hurled
fully twenty-five feet Instead Of being
killed, as the train-hands expected, he
coolly picked himself up and resumed
his journey.
woodberry & PARTS, general mer.
chants. Prescott, have failed
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS.

THE new cotton seed OIL syndicate has
been organized with q capital of S5,OOO,o0,
of which a 100 600 has been paid in.
ALEX. CRAWFORD, who murdered young
Loggins at WinOna, Miss, was taken from
Jail at that place on the 1th aud hang ed.
He confessed the crime
The mechanics lien law passed the
Tennessee Senate on the 7th, and now
goes to the Governor.
ALTuoUeH great pressure has been
br ught 10 bear upon tie President to in-
duce him to sign the river aud harbor bill,
IL Is positively stated ut the White House
that be will not sign the bill,
1T is repoi ted that petroleum has been
discovered near Vance station, on the
Alabama Great southern railroad.
THE United States Supreme Court has
declared the law imposing tax on COM
mercial travellers unconstitutiOnl
IT is report apparently well-authent-
Gated that ex-senator Jones, of Florida,
for so many months persisten soiourner
in Detroit, will seek a reelection by the
Florida Legislature. In doing this, it is
said, he will lay before that body the true
reason for his long absence from the ma
tional capital.
ALL the railroads will suspend their
present tarlfI on April j.. The Interstate
Commerce Law takes effect on April 5.
The Lookout Rolling Mill, Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, one Of the most successful
merchant mills in he South, and having
ia .f.s Loo,
nected with it in the South, was sold ON the
9th TO a syndicate for $4,000. The plant
is TO he enlarged and additions made that
viii greatly add to its importance.
TIE venerable Bishop McFerrin is lying
at the point OF death at his home in Nash
Vile, Tenn.
Six HUNDRED OF the members of the va
rious Bricklayers' Unions Of ~. Louis, on
the 18th, decided that unless the bosses
should, on or before Monday next, grant
their demand for an increase in wages of
five cents per hour, they would strike. 1t
is believed the advance will be granted.
AN explosion of gas occurred at the
Sheridan Furnace, Reading, Pa, on the
9th, and five men were terribly burned
about the face and body by molten iron.
CHARLES J, PETERSON, author and pub
Usher, and propriel or OF Peterson'e Ladies
National Magazine, died suddenly at Phil.
adeiphia on the 9th. sgod IS years.
THE annual porte the directors Of the
Illinois Central road, issued March Attn.
shows that the gross sum received from
traffic during 1856 was Sl2,sio i93. of which
the net earnings were s4,7Ss, ,sJ2-a de-
crease Of s9l7,7o0 from the gross receipts
of 1885, and ID $Ss,2O from the nes earn.
iugi,
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
DANGERS OF GAS-lIGHT.
A Physicians Hints About the Best Meth
cd for rraiiing Babies.

"An ounce of prevention is worth
pound # cure" l. an old and tim,-
honored saw. but it is one pa ents
would do well to remember in the DAYS
of Group, measles and diph heria, i'll
a prominent physician. recently. to
reporter. O .e of the first safe rds
against disease is pure air and exercise.
Nothing increases the activity If the
lungs like bodily exercise. and in order
that it may be beneii ial to the wIole
system, it should be carried on in the
open air. Some children are too young
to leave the nu se,y, and it is here
that thei little lives are vey
often imperiled by ignorant mothers
and nu ses. Gas and parafine
lamps should never be used in
the nursery. In almost every room
where gas is burned plant will droop
and die. Children are like plants; they
require, above all things, pure air.
light and sunshine-not gas light, but
d ylight, sunlight, and as much of il.
as possible. The nursery in my house
s the largest and sunniest room under
the roof. In it there are no heavy hang.
ings TO hold the dust and obscure the
light, nor are there any gas pipes. Gas
is injurious in many ways. Its light is
too strong for a babes eyes; it absorbs
all the pure air IN the room before the
child can get chance to initiate its lit
tie lungs W tn oxygen; its heat is ener-
vating and there is always the dangers
of leakages. These leakages may be
so small as TO be imperceptible but
quite large enough to be pernicious to
health.
Purity Of water, however, is as al
most essential AS purity of atmosphere.
This can be had by boiling all the water
necessary for the nursery before it is
used. Snch treatment r moves all i'm
purites and destroys their effect. An
other good thing to remember is the
necessity that exists for fat in some
form, as an element Of children's diet
| have seen fathers and mothers, to
whom the cost of the article was moth
ing deny their children sufficient but
ter TO make their bread palatable. This
il wrong. Batter should never be
spared. Any parent who denies their
children this commodity deserves to
pay the doctor-and to pay him well,
too. Children who are given enough
butter and other fats rarely suffer from
necrosed joints and scrofulous glands
to say nothing of marasmus tabes, mes
entericc, hydrocephalus and consump
ton. Besides the ounce of prevention
matter parents would do we'll TO bear
In mind that other old saw which I'd.
wise US not to be penny wise and
pound foolish. "-E r 1e9 ed 70
Ureea
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
Released From Peril.

New YORK, March THE steamship
City of Chicago, Of the Inman Line, ran
ashore on the outer bar, opposite West
Hampton, l.. l., at two o'clock vest erday
morning during dense fog. Her slg-
nails of distress were answered by the
Petuneck life-saving station crew.
Despite their utmost endeavors, the lfe-
savers were unab to reach the vessel.
the waves capsizing the boats every time.
A large mortar was fred and a line
thrown over the ship, but just as it was
being secured it parted at 1880, noon, the
tide changed and the steamer fioated OF
and steamed away for this city, appsBent-
" uninjured.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
Commissioners Chosen.

BosToS, March IA " ashington special
TO the Herald says that IL is understood
that the President has definitely deter
mined upon three of the Interstate Com
merce Commissioners, and they have all
signifie1 their willingness TO accept
They are: W, r. Morrison, of Illinois,
chairman; General Bragg, of Alabama,
Democrat, and Judge Cooley, of Michi-
gan, Republican. Chas. P, Clark, of Bos-
ton, would undoubtedly have been the
New England member, had IL not been
for the controversy for the bonds Of the
New York & New England railroad. The
President came TO the conclusion that the
appointment of Clark would excite hostile
criticism.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

A PORTLAND (Ore.) dispatch ssys that
the Legislature OF British Columbia has
suspended the city charter Of Vancouver,
and that an armed force will be sent TO
capture the white men who com mitted the
late outrages on the Chinese colony.
TWENTY THOUSAND persons are homeless
by reason Of the recent earthquake in
Italy. The material losses are estimated
at $40, 100, falling mostly upon indus
trious villagers.
JAMES LEWIS. a prominent citizen OF
Rockford, Ia, laboring under fit of tenn
porary insanity, drowned himself at that
place on the lst.
Riors have occurred in Sardinia, arising
out of the threatened failure Of two work.
ingmen's savings banks The Italian Gov
ernment has sent experts TO examine the
books Of the institutions.
AN epidemic of measles is raging In the
Ridge Avenue Orphans Homo, at Allie
gheny City, Pa. Fifty OF the children are
III with the disease, some half dozen or
more deaths having occurred, and the
physicians and attendants are appre-
hensive OF the safety OF the other in
mates.
OK the Cd three ladies, while boat-rid-
ing, lost their lives in Kanawha river,
West Virginia.
In the case OF w akefield Gains (colored),
whose dismembered body was folnd In
creek near Eddington. Bucks County, Pa,
February IL, the coroner's jury rendered
a verd c. on the "a that Games came TO
his death at the hands OF George Wilson,
and that Mrs. Tabbs was accessory to the
crime.
On the 81 two men named Sam Hayes
and Adolphus Saunders vere arrested in
elegant quarters in Forty-sixth street,
New York, for completely in selling
''green goods"
Tue steamer Fleetwood burst her boiler
on the Ohio river on the 4th, and a num-
ber Of the crew fatally injured.
The Supreme Court of M ssouri has rem
dered its dec sion in the Wittrock habeas
corpus case releasing Warden Marina
duke; and Messenger Fotherin CHAM will
have TO be content with the dspositions
already taken.
GEORGE FRANKLIN ANDERSON, the Amer
lean swlndler, was convicted at London
on the 4th and sentenced to long term OF
years in prison.
A oANa Of swindlers have beer run
down in New York and lodged in the
Tombs. Their speciality was collecting
English fortunes for "next OF kin"
INcENDIARY fires ragged during all night
Of the 81 in the section surrounding
Limerick, Ireland. The payment of rent
is involved in the setting of the fires.
A PIToaED battle occurred in Arizona on
the 4th between local officers and Mexican
regular troops, because the latter invaded
United States territory and resisted arrest.
One Mexican soldier is reported wounded,
and more trouble is expected.
Mus. CAROLINE BECKER was sentenced
In the United States Court at Cincinnati,
on the 9th, to two years Imprisonment for
| fraudulently securing pension from the
Government.
JOSEPH W. BISeHAM, one Of the editorial
staff Of the Indianapolis Qnd.) Seaffnd,
committed suicide on the 5th by cutting
his throat with a razor.
AN explosion of fire-damp occurred in a
Belgi ,n colliery near M ,ns, on the 9th,
and IA men died from suffocation.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12

EARTHouAKE shocks were felt on the 4th
IN Georgia and South Carolina, and the
people are again becoming alarmed.
The German Rechstag perfec'e its or
ganization on the 4th. Herr Wed tel Pres
dorf WIS chosen presid mt The Reichs-
tag adjourned till the 7,h, when the Mill
tary bill is to bs taken up.
IN the session of Congress- just closed
there were introdl ced in the Sena'e 1851
bills and ll6 10 Mt resolutions, and in the
House 4l.259 bills and SO joint resolutions.
The calendars Of the two houses show
l.ls3 measures Ia the House and $40 in the
Senate undisposed of.
TIE Canadians are considerably exer-
cised over the final passage and signature
by the President of the Edmunds Retalia-
tion bill.
NINE Of the Bulgarian rebels engaged in
the recent emeute at Rustchuk were SEN
fenced to death, and were executed on the
6h.
ONE quarter Of all the legislation of the
Forty-ninth Congress WAS enacted within
the last few DAYS Of the final session and
the work performed during the last twen-
tp four hours OF its existence beat the rec
ord.
TIVE Comptro ,er Of the Currency has
called for statement Of the condition Of
the National banks at the close of business
on March 4
The Cincinnati KNIGHTS OF Labor pro
pose TO erect a Sl01, eco building.
THE marble-workers' strike at Boston
has ended in victory for h. men.
TnE State Department been fficial-
ly not fed that cholera has been dec.ated
epidem C at Montevileo.
1T is claimed that coal has been discov-
cred in Mexico, twenty miles from Ell
Paso, and a company has been formed to
develop il.
NEWFOUNDLAND is very indignant over
the Imp srial action on the FishBIit bill
and openly talks of independence or an
nexation TO the United States.
The Osceola times., 1887-03-12

LAND COMMISSIONER SPARKS pronounces
the story of the sale Of 100000 acres Of
hand to New York syndicate a myth.
GOVERNOR WILSON Of Wes: Virginia has
issued call for an extra session Of the
Legislature Of that s ate, to meet on the
third Wednesday in April
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-23
An Apology for Armies.

The directors to the existence of armies
base their main argument on the suppo-
sition hat soldiers are the embodiment Of
the principle Of force, and imagine that IL
they were got rid Of n reign OF peace
would ensue. Their syllogism Is: Wa
is an evil; wal is waged by soldiers; there
thing would 60 with them. But they
have first to prove that soldiers alone can
make var On the contrary, the most
terrible and destructive invasions have
been those not conducted by regular
armies.
The hordes Of Zenghis Khan, the bar
barians who overran the decaying Roman
empire, grown luxurious and unwarlike;
the tribes Of Central Asia, which 80 long
made civilization impossible, were not
regular armies, and IL II be said that we
should let such people as the Kaflrs, the
Zulus, the Sikhs, the Mahrattas or the
Burmese go their own way in peace, the
answer is that IL is not generals, but mer-
chants, who first interfere with them, and
the aggressive spirit which the peace
party has TO put down is not that Of
soldiers, but Of bagmen. It is somewhat
inconsistent to talk Of peaceful triumphs
OF commerce, seeing that every step made
by m il invariably either preceded
or followed by the use Of arms. The
freedom OF the ocean was gained by fight
ing, and the commerce Of the British en-
pire places Its throne upon English bayo-
nets. Armies are not the cause Of war,
but the regulation Of it, and reduction to
its mildest ms.-Contemporary Re
view.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-23
TelephoninR Under Water.

Mr.. Gorham Gray sends the following
note in regard to an item which appeared
in this column IN telephoning between
this country and Europe: ''Telephoning
through a wire being only and simply q
wave Of reproduction, similar to an air
wave of sound, or ! might say q wave Of
the ocean, is perfectly practical for
5000, 900 miles, and in fact more 20 IN
der water than arial, for disturbances at
mospheric do not occur under wa
ter, nor do disturbances occur at a depth
below given sounding distance below the
surface Of the water, and as the water at
that depth is at rest. The small steel
wire which ! have already used for four
years under water, is perfect reproducer,
and will reproduce 5000, 900 miles far
better than the 100 miles now 30 long in
my service, and giving clear reproduction
of conversation, and without any induc-
ton whatever. ! am hoping after three
yes, four-years' delay by illness abroad
to be ready in the fall to resume my work,
and trust ] may yet live TO carry it out
Boston Transcript.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-08-23
Hints to Amateur Photographer.

An important fact to be remembered
in making portraits at close quarters Is
that the professional photographer uses
for portraits q special portrait lens, but
the amateur generally does this work
with a lens made for taking views. These
view lenses condense very much-that is
they exaggerate the perspective by taking
in so wide a field.
Sometimes in taking a simple profile,
IL the head is placed too near the camera
the visible ear of the sitter, not having q
chance to get 80 far off as the nose
which has, let US say, two and a half
inches of an advantages given an
alarming size. Then, in a full face view,
the poor nose has the worst of il. On
this account q ''three-quarter' view is
the best for an amateur working with q
view camera; though IL a fair distance is
allowed between the sitter and the lens
there need be no difficulty Of either sort.
Do not hesitate to make experiments.
Many of the advances in photography
have resulted from the seeming blunders
of amateurs. To those who at college or
at home are engaged in scientific studies
the camera will afford a means Of inter
esting experiment. The Gamer has been
one of the greatest teachers of this cen
fury. 1t has, for instance, taught Meis-
sonier, the great French painter, that the
horses in his '1SO7" are not galloping as
horses actually do gallop. It has taught
the scientist who photographed a flying
bullet that the reason the best Of marks
men cannot hit a suspended egg shell is
that a cushion Of compressed air precedes
the bullet and pushes the shell out of the
way. And in Q thousand other ways It
has been confirming or upsetting scientific
and artistic theories. Let the amateur
therefore pursue his investigations freely
in this field of experiment, and see what
discoveries he may make therein.-St.
Nicholas.